Is the classified ad market over for the small guy. If so, why is Craigslist.com, and Backpage.com getting bigger? People would always want a way to post an item for-sale. So how can a new classified ad website get going. I hardly get any postings on my site even with the niche market of have military bases as site locations. Besides spending a $1000 for a 1/8 ad space on some weekly newspaper, what is the pychology for getting people to post to the site?
Is it the site's visual impression that makes it, or breaks it? The function of my site is great! As for features, it has a blogger, chat room, forum, and an inbox where people can join.
I am not totally sure if people are getting to the site or not. But if they are, what is causing them not to register to place free ad on my site.
Any feedback would be much appreciated. Please check out the site at http://www.classifyanything.com
2007-02-09 22:33:49 · 1 answers · asked by websitetoolbox 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
some of your graphics overlap, which makes it not so professional in appearance. what you need to do is to really find a way to build the site in a whole new way. try everything possible and be creative.
you need to find cheap ways to post adds in local newspapers. you don't need much space. just get a really small spot, but do it a lot. advertise in any possible way. also, if you get sponsors, they might be able to then advertise you as a return favor. you need to hit the market areas.
what you need to do is to make your site come up in search engines when people type in classified. also, registering with the yahoo yellow pages for classified in the local areas will help you as well. you have to really think and dig into the whole marketing for as cheap as possible.
i wasn't visually impressed either. there was something so generic about the whole set up...
you need to SIMPLIFY you site. get rid of the extra crap. what is the point of your web site? to get people to list their classified items... so... that is what your site needs to do. cut out the temperature thing-- people are not there to see what the temperature is in LA... the blog, etc is not useful right now. you just need the bare bones. you need the specific locations and then the items. you also need to expand the areas as well. study the web sites you admire so much and see how you can do something better than that.
by the way, everyone has a blogger, etc these days.
perhaps the military areas are not the places to concentrate on.
2007-02-11 14:19:03 · answer #1 · answered by christy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋